KINGDOM CORMYR AND PROTECTORATES IN 1493 DR

--- title: KINGDOM CORMYR AND PROTECTORATES IN 1493 DR author: Anton "Palant" Palikhov description: Kingdom Cormyr and Protectorates of Dragon Coast, Sembia and High Dale in 1493 DR tags: Cormyr, 1493 DR --- KINGDOM CORMYR AND PROTECTORATES IN 1493 DR ###### tags: `CORMYR` `1493 DR` [TOC] ## Cormyr protectorates On its southern borders, the grandfather of Raedra, having significantly expanded the territory of Cormyr, took control of the cities located on the southern shore of the Dragon Lake in the form of a protectorate. **In 1493 DR** Cormyr had some control over the following cities and their surrounding territories: - ==Dragon Coast== - Pros, Ilipur, Proskur, Priapurl, Eversult, Teziir - ==Sembia== - Daerlun, Urlamspir. ## Dragon Coast The degree of integration of Cormyr with these cities is so great that for some time Teziir served as the main naval base of Cormyr. Previously, Cormyr also controlled the High Dale, but this agreement came to an end in 1484. **1392 DR:** Year of the Scroll The Dragon Coast city of Pros petitions the Crown to become a vassal-state of Cormyr to protect it from the ravages of the Spellplague. By year’s end, Pros’s sister- town of Ilipur joins the Forest Kingdom as well. **1422 DR:** Year of the Advancing Shadows The city of Elversult, feeling increasing pressure from Cormyr’s control of its source ports of Pros and Ilipur, becomes a protectorate of the realm. **1428 DR:** Year of the Elfqueen’s Joy The city of Teziir, close to collapse after decades of struggle against Cormyrian-controlled rival cities, accepts the rule of the Forest Kingdom. Cormyr now controls all lands and ports surrounding the Dragonmere **1469 DR:** Year of Splendors Burning Under the pretense of protecting Proskur from the shadowy hand of Netheril, Cormyr declares the bur- geoning city a protectorate of the Dragon Throne. ## After the Second Sundering After the geographic changes brought about by the Second Sundering, Ilipur and Pros again found themselves on the shores of the Dragon Lake, but Teziir, on the contrary, was a few miles away. **In 1489**, Queen Raedra entered into an agreement with representatives of all the cities of the Dragon Protectorate on the format of providing Cormyr assists Ilipur and Pros in rebuilding and gaining de jure independence from Cormyr, while retaining de facto control. The formal granting of independence made it possible to settle conflicts with the former rebel Draheven, which was greatly facilitated by the proposal that they form city guards and take part in the management of cities. According to the latest agreements between the elites of the cities and Cormyr, full independence will be achieved in 1499 DR. Nevertheless, the necessary changes have already been fixed in the minds of the inhabitants in many ways - the use of Kormyr laws, the celebration of official Cormyr holidays, etc. Perhaps the money allocated by Cormyr for the restoration of the damaged Ilipur and Pros also played a big role in changing attitudes independence: - half of Cormyr's troops withdrew almost immediately, while only small garrisons remained in the cities - the main forces are concentrated in Teziir and Proskur. - Cormyr undertook to build a new harbor for Teziir; - most of the Draeven rebels became part of the newly organized armed forces, and the smaller, unfortunately, joined the ranks of robbers and pirates; - Elections of city councils and city governors were organized in each city, but at the same time Cormyr retained independent representation in these councils and the right of veto during the transition period until 1499 DR. Previously, Teziir was the base of Cormyr's navy, but after the Second Sundering, when the coastline shifted, depriving the city of access to the sea, the main base of the fleet was moved, and a small village with a pier, Small Teziir, was founded to ensure Tezire's trade. At the same time, Cormyr continues to work on rebuilding the harbor, wanting to maintain good relations with the city. :::info ::: ## Short timeline (Daerlun, Urlamspyr) **1397 DR** Year of the Quill After years of struggle against the rule of Netheril, the border city of **Daerlun** is annexed into the Forest Kingdom. **1408 DR** Year of the Solitary Cloister Following the lead of Daerlun a decade earlier, **Urmlaspyr** offers its allegiance to the Dragon Throne. **1441 DR** Year of Resurrections Rampant A peace treaty is drafted between Netherese Sembia and Cormyr, Cormanthor, and the Dalelands. As part of the Treaty of Griffonfang Bridge, the cities of **Daerlun** and **Urmlaspyr** are declared independent from both Cormyr and Sembia. **1484 DR** Sembia invaded the Dalelands, and Cormyr raised an army to come to the aid of the Dalesfolk. Netheril brought forces to Cormyr’s border, and Cormyr was drawn into a war on both fronts. **1485 DR** the Netherese and the Cormyreans traded ground, while the Dalelands became a war zone. As if to offset the drought in the south, in the autumn of 1485 the Great Rain began to fall around the Sea of Fallen Stars and continued unceasingly. **1486 DR** the elves of Myth Drannor came to the aid of the Dalelands and helped push back Sembian forces. Cormyr repulsed the last of the Sembian and Netherese forces from the nation, reclaiming its territory, and recalled its forces, turning inward to address issues of rebuilding. Late in 1486, the Great Rain finally abated, but this event didn’t signify an end to the chaos. The Sea of Fallen Stars had grown, submerging great swaths of land beneath its waves. **1487 DR** No longer engaged in Cormyr, Netheril attacked Myth Drannor by floating the City of Shade over it. In a struggle for control of Myth Drannor’s mythal and the Weave itself, the flying capital of Netheril was brought crashing down on Myth Drannor, resulting in the cataclysmic destruction of both. **1488 DR** Sembia divided into separate city-states only nominally allied with one another. While a handful of settlements survived, the Netherese Empire was no more. The remainder of the Netherese forces battle with the Bedine over control of the Memory Spire, thought to be a tomb of the phaerimm, Netheril’s ancient enemies. Following a period of subjugation at the hands of Netheril, Sembia is already on its way to becoming the economic power it was in prior years. Although relations are cool with the Dales and Cormyr following the most recent war, Sembian merchants are quick to dismiss previous conflicts as the work of the Netherese, and remind their former trading partners of the long and mutually profitable relationships they previously enjoyed. To prove its good intentions, Sembia has “allowed” **Featherdale** and **Tasseldale** to regain their independence, even though Sembian investors had owned much of Featherdale for nearly seventy years when the war came to an end. Before Netheril claimed Sembia as a vassal state, mercenary work and adventuring were popular livelihoods among Sembians who didn’t have local families to feed. Those endeavors are even more popular now among veterans of the war, who are better trained than their predecessors were. A few of Sembia’s less scrupulous former soldiers have taken to banditry, which offers other Sembians more opportunities for guard work. Since Cormyr is not interested in the full annexation of these cities, then, similarly to the Dragon Protectorate, City Councils were created in them and Queen’s Voices were appointed. The balance of interest is achieved by rigidly approved and not subject to revision shares of the division of local budgets into intra-city projects and the maintenance of the expeditionary forces of Cormyr. ## High Dale ==The Daleland.== **Featherdale** and **Tassel Dale** have reasserted their independence since the end of the war, and rejoined Archendale, Battledale, Daggerdale, Deepingdale, Harrowdale, Mistledale, Scardale, and Shadowdale on the Dales Council.** The High Dale** did the same shortly afterward. **The High Dale:** with less aggression than Archendale, the folk of Highcastle and their fellow High have maintained firm independence, aided by Cormyrean support (to keep repeated Sembian attempts at conquests at bay). Like Archendale, they see Sembians as rich, grasping folk never to be trusted because “a Sembian wants one thing from you: everything. As for the High Dale, respecting the right of the Dalefolk to self-determination, Cormyr** in 1489 DR** withdrew all his troops from the lands of the High Dale. At the same time, the allied status of the High Dale allows it, if necessary, to count on the military assistance of Cormyr. Part of the population of the Dale were dissatisfied with this outcome, feeling their insecurity - firstly, it became necessary to pay much more attention to defense, and secondly, there are no wizards comparable to experienced War Wizards in the Dale at all. For defense High Dale decided to use detachments of mercenaries for protection - in particular the Black Cuirassiers.